Yuletide Events at the CCP

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FIFTEEN beautifully-crafted lanterns from Bauan, Batangas will be on

exhibit dubbed "Pistahang Parulan," starting today until January 7,
2006 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Admission is free. The
works of art won top prizes at a Lantern Contest held recently at the
Bauan High School (BHS) which for the past 28 years, has celebrated
Christmas with a competition wherein students hone their talents by
producing art works made from indigenous materials. This year’s
prize-winning lanterns are made from betel nut, garlic cloves, rice
stalks, fish scales, monggo, leaves, glass and mirrors.

Twin towering pillars of Christmas cheer likewise greet culture

vultures as they pass through the portals of CCP. Artfully positioned
under the three chandeliers at the lobby, the delicately slender trees
bask in their brilliant glow, while from the branches pinpoints of light
lend twinkles to the peach angle trumpets, clear balls with gold
latticework and gold pine needles. This glittering scene is repeated
throughout the lobby with a stretch of garland that leads to the
auditorium. A huge wreath shimmers from the balcony while an urn
perches at the foot of the winding stairs with gold balls and floral
petals. The creator of this holiday décor is Miguel Sandoval, an artist
whose creative force molded a young company importing artificial
flowers and Christmas decor, into FloraSilk, one of the country’s
biggest suppliers today.

Celebrate and relieve the spirit of Christmas with dawn masses from
December 16-24 (5 a.m.) and December 24 (9 p.m.) at the Folk Arts
Theater grounds. Spearheaded by the CCP, the event is held in
cooperation with the CCP partner-hermanas such as the Coconut
Palace, Philippine Navy, Manila Broadcasting Corporation/Star City,
Gloriamaris Restaurant, Product Development and Design Center of
the Philippines, Philippine Exhibit and Teampark Corporation
(PETCO), Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), and
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Highlights for the 9 p.m. mass sponsored by the CCP and the CCP
Complex Employes Organization, and Amazing Theater Philippines on
December 24 are performances by the CCP’s resident companies. For
more information, call 832 1125 loc. 1412.

Finally, following the 1st Terra Cotta Festival held in Dumaguete City
last May, the works of four Visayas-based artists will be featured in
the Dula Sa Lapuk (Claystutf) Traveling Art Exhibition at the CCP on
December 15 until January 16, 2006.

Widely acclaimed visual artist Kitty Taniguchi, Dumaguete-based

Danilo Sollesta and Mark Valenzuela and Mariyah Gallery artist-in-
residence Nelia Lungay have put together a collection of small and
large sculptural pieces and installations tackling diverse subjects –
some with social realist flavours, individual statements and
metaphysical musings. Curator Bobi Valenzuela, ardent exponent of
the visual Arts Movement in the Visayas, will put together the whole
collection at CCP’s Pasilyo Victorio Edades, with Eileen Ramirez
Legazpi to pen the cataloguer write-up on the artists, complemented
by photo journalist Melvyn Calderon’s superb stills.

The art exhibition is a sequel to the "Dula Sa Lapuk" art exhibition

held at Mariyah Gallery during the Terra Cotta Biennale, which
generated ample interest from artists, clay aficionados and travelers
from various parts of the country to fly in to Dumaguete City. The
CCP is located along Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Gallery hours are from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except Mondays and holidays. Admission is
free.